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Teen Cancels Party After 200,000 RSVP On Facebook
autospa writes "An Australian teen who had to shut down an event page on Facebook after more than 200,000 people RSVP'd for her sweet 16 party now has more than 70,000 people signed up to attend her new party. The girl named Jess called police Monday to say her Facebook account had been hijacked after thousands said they'd attend her birthday party in Chatswood March 26."
It was less than spectacular.
If a random blogger is going to submission spam slashdot with all of his two paragraph blogs plagiarizing news articles, the least he could do is actually LINK to some genuinely useful coverage of the story on a reputable sites...
-- The Hoss Man
Good to see that after all the high profile stuff Anonymous has been linked to lately, they haven't forgotten to continue doing petty, immature stuff for the lulz.
He cloned the invite page and reupped it after she closed hers. Along with home address, phone etc.
From The Australian Newspaper
A police statement released to Associated Press today said a 17-year-old boy had been charged with using a telecommunications carrier to harass or offend someone.
He is due in court in April.
Yay me!
"or offend"... wow.
You see, unlike the US our judges are meant to be able to think for themselves and decide what is and isn't harassment.
This law is targeting prank callers (which is what the youth in question did, albeit in a different way). Our judges simply dont do whatever the previous judge before them did (precedent based). They are expected to be able to understand a case and make judgements based on that situation instead.
Secondly, it takes a lot more to offend an Aussie. We dont run screaming from the room when some middle aged washed up pop star accidentally shows a naked breast.
There, do you think they'll try to extradite me?
Also, unlike the US we realise and understand that our laws stop at our borders.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.